Posted on October 2, 2005.
$9.1 billion in lost productivity!
That’s the conclusion of a study conducted by SRA International, Inc., Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and The Lewin Group. Basing their study on the assumption that there is only a 37% decline in household productivity and a 54% reduction in labor force productivity among people with Chronic Fatigue (as opposed to total productivity loss), the study factored the impact when that productivity loss is spread across the up to 800,000 Americans who must cope with the disabling reality of Chronic Fatigue.
When diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue, most victims are faced with learning how to cope with this debilitating illness. That’s a given. What’s often overlooked, however, is that Chronic Fatigue victims also have to make dramatic economic adjustments — at a time when they simply don’t have the energy to make such forced changes. The $9.1 billion conclusion finally puts a dollar figure on the negative financial reality of Chronic Fatigue.
Note: Chronic Fatigue is a different diagnosis from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
July 2004
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A professional writer since 1984, Pamela Rice Hahn is the author of more than 20 published books.